The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

The Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins.

Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting.

The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style.

Truth is in history, but history is not the truth.

History clearly demonstrates that governing is a task that exceeds man's ability.

Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Attitudes are like mirrors, they reflect towards anyone that's looking.

Writing is like talking to yourself, just in a way that makes it look like you're not crazy!

The life you want is a manifestation of self-realization.

Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.

'Twas drink made me fall in love, And love made me run into debt, And though I have struggled and struggled and strove, I cannot get out of them yet.

I did 'Little Dorrit' a few years ago; I really love doing period dramas. It's stuff like that I really enjoy watching.

Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn't just mean diversity but also togetherness - primarily the understanding of the rules of the game - the European values structure.

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well.

You're peculiar, you're aggravating, yet you're easy to forgive. You say you're seventeen?..How odd. How strange. And my wife thirty and yet you seem so much older at times. I can't get over it.

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.